From the PTO Walk-A-Thon Chair, Jen Coletti:

Thank you to ALL who helped make this year’s Walk-a-thon the most successful one yet! Thank you to the students ,teachers, parent volunteers, and PTO members for all of your hard work and great walking!

• CONGRATULATIONS to the school’s TOP EARNER: NOAH CRITCHLOW with $350 of sponsorships!!! Way to go, Noah! Great work!
• The school’s TOP EARNING CLASS: Mrs. Mitchell’s class!!! CONGRATULATIONS for over $700 in sponsorship money!
• The school’s TOP EARNING GRADE LEVEL: 1st Grade! The 1st Grade raised over $1600! NICE JOB, 1st Grade!
• Together, we were able to raise over $6,000 in sponsorships.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Do you want to know how many laps we ran as a school?!? 6,229 laps!!! If there are 5 laps per mile, that is 1,245 miles!

WOW!!!

• We had one student who ran 19 laps—that is almost 4 miles in 30 minutes!! IMPRESSIVE!!
• Miss Rasmussen’s class ran the most laps—279!! That’s almost 56 miles in 30 minutes!!! Nice job!

Dear Parents:

This is just a quick reminder that we are meeting to discuss preliminary details for our London Study Abroad trip in June 2014. We are holding the same meeting [today] twice (at 3:45 and 7:00 PM) to accommodate various schedules. Your kids are welcome to attend with you, and we will have refreshments. We will meet in [Mr. Stringham's] classroom.

The Grassroots Shakespeare Company performs on stage at a recent event.

Dear Families and Friends of Freedom Preparatory Academy,

We are excited to announce that we are partnering with the Grassroots Shakespeare Company to bring you an “original practice” version of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. For this production, they have an all-male cast—just like Shakespeare did it originally.

Grassroots will be bringing their portable stage and setting it up on our field for the performance, so it will take place outside on the evening of Thursday, May 9, at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $5 for students and families of students. $8 for all others. In a great show of support to our school, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to our theatre department.

We recommend that you bring lawn chairs and blankets to make sitting on the lawn more comfortable.

For more information, please contact Mr. Stringham (sstringham [AT] pfa [DOT] cc) (#uen) or go online to www.grassrootsshakespeare.com.

Add this meeting to your calendar 

DRAFT AGENDA

2012-13 Goals:

• Training:

• Improve pre-election training & new board member training.

• Every board member takes USOE Training in this next year.

• 5 min (maximum) training every board meeting. Could cover board action/policies or overall training to public about interaction with the board, policies, etc.

• Volunteerism & Donations: Increase parent volunteer hours and donations. Over 50% of families will donate & volunteer at the school. (Last year 18% donated & 30% volunteer)

• Teacher Retention: Reexamine bonus/merit structure to recognize reward, retain and attract the highest performing teachers. Possibility of parent surveys of teachers.

• Communications: Write, document and institutionalize the communication policies for the board. Provide training where needed. Implement and consistently use.

• Committees: Two committees will report at each board meeting per designation from CAO

Freedom Academy Governing Board Meeting*

6:00 p.m.

Library

Meeting called by: Governing Board

Facilitator: Ken Parkinson, CAO

Agenda March 26, 2013

1. Pledge

2. Welcome

1. Everday Heros.

1. Approval of minutes (attachment. 1)

2. Public comment

5. Purchases Chris 10 min.

6. Hanover Insurance Company. Jeff Hirst 10 min

7. Charter School Performance Data (attachment 2) Lynne 15 min

8. High School Building Update. Chris 10 min

9. Communications

1. Presentation from UVU Business Students on Communications Findings 15 min

2. Board Communication Policy (attachment 3) Robert 10 min

5. Committee duty reports.   (committee assignments in attachment 4) Everyone 15 min

6. Training module Ken 15 min

7. Bullying Policy (attachment 5) Ken 10 min

8. Questions for Lynne Re:  Director update.(attachment 6) Lynne 5 min

9. Human Sexuality instructional materials selection (attachment(s) 7) JoAnn 5 min

1. “The board needs to recommend/adopt instructional materials for use in Human Sexuality Instruction for our Junior High and High School students in an open board meeting”

5. Retreat July 1, 2013

1. Barbeque?

16. The Freedom Preparatory Academy Governing Board will consider a motion to close the meeting to hold a strategy session to discuss the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of real property, and/or the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual in conformance with § 52-4-204 and 52-4-205 et. seq., Utah Code Ann.

1. Lynne’s year end evaluation. Ken 10 min.

*A portion of this meeting may be held electronically. The order of items appearing on the Agenda may be modified to accommodate the participants.

Dear Parents of upcoming 7th-10th grade students,

This Thursday evening, March 28th at 7:00pm we will be holding a parent meeting for all upcoming parents of 7th-10th grade students in the school library.

We are planning to create the five member council that evening and need parents there to do that and to discuss the activities that will be part of the new school during next year.

Please attend! Many hands make light work and this is the founding council for the future.

We will have the results of student elections by that time as well.  If you have any questions, please contact the front office at:  801-437-3100 or jgarlock@pfa.cc/llafleur@pfa.cc

As of March 26, 2013, the Governing Board expects most Board meetings to be held on the third Tuesday of each month at the school, except for the month of April, 2013, when the meeting will be held on April 30, 2013. This is a standard template for meetings, but parents and the community should pay attention to school communications in order to be aware of the exact dates of the meetings.

Saturday, March 23rd 6:30 PM

Buy your tickets at www.pfa.cc. *

You’re invited to our Annual Trivia Night this Saturday, March 23rd @ 6:30pm. Each seat costs $10.00 or buy a table at $80.00 for you and your friends.  Each table can seat 8 people and if you purchase a whole table you receive 2 free mulligans to use during the trivia game.

Each seat costs $10.00 or buy a table at $80.00 for you and your friends.  Each table can seat 8 people and if you purchase a whole table you receive 2 free mulligans to use during the trivia game.

* Payment help:

1. Go to http://www.pfa.cc/beta/payments and enter your information.
2. Choose “Trivia Night” either Table ($80) or Seat ($10/ea).
3. Important! In the notes section enter your name, number of seats, and an email address.
4. Or come into the front office to buy your seat or table.

Please consider sparing a few hours to help staff our Freedom Preparatory Academy Winter Wonderland  Gift Shop (a great gift to our community & fundraiser for the school)

We are seeking volunteers any/all days from Dec 11-14 at the school from 8-4pm or 8-8pm on Wed, Dec 12^th. 

^{Contact Celeste Merrill via facebook or email/text to volunteer or sign up at:  http://bit.ly/HelpWonderland}

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